début

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See also: debut and Debüt

English[edit]

Noun[edit]

début (plural débuts)

Alternative spelling of debut

Verb[edit]

début (third-person singular simple present débuts, present participle débuting, simple past and past participle débuted)

Alternative spelling of debut

Anagrams[edit]

tubed

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Inherited from Middle French début, deverbal of desbuter (“to move, begin”) (whence débuter).

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /de.by/
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Noun[edit]

début m (plural débuts)

start, beginning
Synonym: commencement

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

→ Czech: debut
→ Danish: debut
→ German: Debüt
→ English: debut, début
- → Cantonese: 地標／地标 (dei⁶ biu¹)
→ Italian: debutto
→ Japanese: デビュー
→ Korean: 데뷔 (debwi)
→ Norwegian Bokmål: debut
→ Norwegian Nynorsk: debut
→ Spanish: debut
→ Swedish: debut

Further reading[edit]

“début”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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